Paco Rabanne pour Homme Rabanne 1973 Eau de Toilette

Paco Rabanne Pour Homme is a classic, hyper-masculine aromatic fougere. The reason it's going on its second half century since its introduction is that it is just so good - an awesome, testosteronic fragrance. The herbal and green opening dries down to a wonderful musky honey scent, but with only a slight touch of sweetness. I applied it to my chest and neck and compared it to Bogart and One Man Show on either wrist. The opening is similar to Bogart, but then they part ways, with Bogart being noticeably more woody while PRPH is, as I said, musky honey on the dry down. There was no similarity to One Man Show.

Performance was excellent, with PRPH projecting over an arms length out for about 2 hours followed by a strong scent bubble that remained for a good 8 hours at which point I showered to get ready for an evening event. It could have gone even longer and it's enhanced by warm weather and sweat. Very versatile and would work any time of the year, day or night. For more formal events, you may want to go with something else.

This fragrance is for a confident man who knows what he wants. Not good for the cotton candy callants and bubblegum boys. Your balls have to hang low and heavy for this baby. Full bottle worthy - I got the industrial 200 ml size bottle.